You can always try local credit unions and local community banks, but it really seems tough, given the property price and low credit score. 

Have you hand walked info and talked to all the people in the community? 

Trade schools and community colleges would be ecstatic for this, and if done it would be the "skills revolution" that the industrial revolution was. 

There are other recurring meetups in town with great communities, like Bobby's event at Crawdads which I believe is also monthly.

Again, thank you for sharing your experience, and bless you for your work with the community!

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Welcome to the community and be ready for a huge amount of information at your finger tips.

Looking to this community for advice, guidance, and share my experiences along the way.

Thank you everyone for all the value each one of you brings and shares to the BP community.  

Here in TN brokerages regularly hold EM deposits; I have a dedicated account for such deposits myself, by law, even though I don't actively broker RE but just maintain my brokerage for the PM side of things.